C1 Relaxation Optimization

Application Note
80-NR297-1 A
August 1, 2014

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Contents

1 Introduction...................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Purpose.......................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Conventions .................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 References ..................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 Technical assistance ...................................................................................................... 5
1.5 Acronyms ...................................................................................................................... 5

2 Discussion ....................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Feature description ........................................................................................................ 6
2.2 EFS settings .................................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Side effects of enabling the feature ............................................................................... 7

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Tables
Table 1-1 Reference documents and standards ............................................................................................ 5

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1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose
This document describes the C1 Relaxation Optimization and the associated EFS settings.

1.2 Conventions
Function declarations, function names, type declarations, and code samples appear in a different
font, e.g., #include.

1.3 References
Reference documents are listed in Table 1-1. Reference documents that are no longer applicable
are deleted from this table; therefore, reference numbers may not be sequential.

Table 1-1 Reference documents and standards

Ref. Document

Qualcomm Technologies
Q1 Application Note: Software Glossary for Customers CL93-V3077-1

1.4 Technical assistance

For assistance or clarification on information in this document, submit a case to Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc. (QTI) at https://support.cdmatech.com/.
If you do not have access to the CDMATech Support website, register for access or send email to
support.cdmatech@qti.qualcomm.com.

1.5 Acronyms
For definitions of terms and abbreviations, see [Q1].

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2.1 Feature description

The C1 Relaxation Optimization is intended to improve the OoS time and MT call setup
performance in weak signal conditions where the RxLev of a cell is too low to meet the C1
criteria but SNR is good. With this feature, RR will relax the C1 suitability check when
determining whether a cell is suitable for camping by allowing acquisition of a cell whose C1 is
less than 0.
The following conditions must be met for the C1 relaxation feature to be enabled:
 The SIM is not a Type Approval SIM.
Type approval simply means that the product is guaranteed to meet certain requirements for
its type. Type approval is granted to a product that meets a minimum set of regulatory,
technical, and safety requirements.
 The negative_c1_white_list EFS file is present in /nv/item_files/modem/geran/.
 negative_c1_white_list contains at least one PLMN.
When the above conditions are met, GRR checks whether the PLMN of the current cell matches
any PLMNs from the white list stored in EFS.

Example

//This confirms feature is correctly setup

08:36:09.336 rr_nv.c 00698 C1 relaxation enabled

//GRR compares serving PLMN with PLMN present in white list.

08:36:09.336 rr_nv.c 00733 C1 relaxation compare PLMN= (460, 1)
08:36:09.336 rr_nv.c 00749 negative_c1_white_list PLMN= (460 ,0)
08:36:09.336 rr_nv.c 00749 negative_c1_white_list PLMN=(460,1)

//At this point the feature kicks in and ignores the low C1 value of the cell
08:36:09.336 rr_nv.c 00749 negative_c1_white_list PLMN=(460,0)
08:36:09.336 rr_nv.c 00749 negative_c1_white_list PLMN=(460,1)
08:36:09.336 rr_cell_acq.c 00356 gs2:C1 Relaxation, ignoring low C1 value -15

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2.2 EFS settings

 Use EFS Explorer to populate negative_c1_white_list. Create the white list EFS file and copy
it to location /nv/item_files/modem/geran/negative_c1_white_list.
 Use EFS Explorer to edit the file contents and save them back to the MS.

NOTE: It is important that the file contents are created using raw hex values, not ASCII printable.
Therefore, to edit the contents the file must be loaded in an editor switched to Hex mode. The
PLMNs in negative_c1_white_list are stored as 3 bytes each. There can be up to 20 PLMNs in
the list.

2.3 Side effects of enabling the feature

The UE may acquire service on a cell whose C1 value is less than 0. As the C1 value is not
altered, this will not affect reselections and the UE will perform reselection to another, better cell
if available.

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